The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-12


Parnell is suffering from an internal cancer It
is also said that under his assumed name Pres
| ton. he frequently visits an eminent physician
| in Paris
THE Providence Journal tells of little Bos-
| ton girl who propounded two easy ones to her
father, as follows: II want to know how they
make condensed milk and how Christ did his
miracles"
GEORGE VANDERBILT son of William H.
has offered 5000 900 for the ''Seaman's Retreat
house and grounds at Stapleton, S. l., with the
purpose of presenting it to the county for
courthouse and jail.
FORTY alleged heirs of Jean B. Becquette are
about to bring suit for $40 900 worth of prop
erty in the center of ST. Louis One of their
attorneys was formerly employed by Myra Clark
Gaines in New Orleans
THE wife of President Diaz of Mexico, has
established in the City of Mexico large
Friendly Home of the Workingwoman,' at
which small children will be cared for during
the day while their mothers are at work
DR.. ToLcoTr the superintendent of the State
Insane Asylum at Middletown, n. j., reports
BARLEY Campbell, who is under his care, as i'm
proving. The demented playwright sleeps well
and exhibits other symptoms OF improvement.
AMERICANS are said to have invested Sc, 600, 900
in Honduras during the past five years. The
last purchase was that of Senator Hearst, of
California who now controls the San Andres
gold mine, quoted at So, 900. 600 in the London
market.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN weighs 210 pounds
without his clothes. He drinks nothing but
mineral waters His only dissipation consists
in smoking large number of cigars, but Eng
hsh cigars enough to undermine the strong
est constitution.
Miss SKERRETT who used to be Queen Vic
toria's private secretary. lately died at the age
of ninety five years. She accomplished
Inguist and student so interchangeable that at
the time of her death she was studying Icelan-
die to be able better to understand the Sagas.
ELDER EVANS. the Shaker leader, is man of
extremely simple tastes. When visiting
artists studio in New York, recently, he was
invited to remain to tea. H agreed to do so if
his hostess would furnish him with brown bread
and hot water. This all he wanted for
supper.
ENGLIsHMEN with diplomatic ambitions must
beware how they marry. Sir August Paget
ought to have succeeded Lord Lyons at Paris in
right of seniority, but he was passed be-
cause Lady Paget is German. and she would
not therefore have been acceptable embas-
sadresS to France
ELDER EVANS the well-known Shaker leader
is of extremely simple tastes. When
visiting an artists studio in New York city
recently he was invited to remain to tea. He
agreed to do SO if his hostess could furnish him
with brown bread ami hot water. This was all
he wanted for supper
LADY BURDETT CoUTTs denies that she has
any intention of visiting America, and adds that
she is afraid that a journey to this country
would probably be made unpleasant by news
paper comments: At a recent wedding the
venerable old lady a cloak entirely
composed of ostrich feathers.
JUSTICE GREY is of the most interesting
men on the Supreme Court bench. He is bright
at repartee, good raconteur, and he is genial
host. He is fond of French novels, and is said
to read from six to ten of these week. His
singular looking house on the coner of Sixteenth
and streets is rapidly nearing completion. As
Justice Grey is bachelor, Washington gossips
wondering why he has built pretentious
mansion. The report that he is engaged to
Hiss Van Vechten, of Albany, is said to be
unfounded.
GENERAL CHARLES RooME. grand master of
the Grand Commandery, Knights Templars, of
the United States, has appointed the Rev.
Charles Fl. Hall, D. D., rector of Trinity Church,
Brooklyn, n. Y, grand prelate of that body,
in the place of the Rev. John w. Webster Dr.
Hall was born in Augusta Ga, about siyty
years ago After completing his education he
grew to be popular preacher in the Episco-
palian Church. being more recently settled as
rector of the Church of the Epiphany. Washing
ton, d. c. He came to Brooklyn to succeed
Bishop Littlejohn as rector of Trinity Church.
DR.. Hall is highly spoken of in Masonic circles
and his appointment grand prelate has
brought letters of commentator and approval
to the grand master from all parts of the
United States especially from the South.
EVER since the Crown Prince of Germany
was first married he has carried about small
pocket neccessaire, with all sorts of useful
things in it. Twenty years ago he won great
applause at the state ball given in Turin N
honor of Prince Humbert's wedding. The dress
of the Princess of Piedmont caught in the spur
of officer of the lancers; result, tremendous
rent in the sweeping skirt. and long whisp of |
gown trailing the floor. Before the Princess |
had time to appeal to one of her ladies-in-
waiting, the Crown Prince of Prussia had |
produced a pretty little morocco etui. from
which he extracted dainty pair of scissors, |
and kneeling down at the feet of the bride, |
skilfully cut away the wreck. After he had |
etfectually relieved the Princess of her incum-
brance, he rose bowed profoundly, returned |
his lease of emergency" to his pocket, and |
resumed his place at the Kings side, amid the
subdued murmurs of satisfaction of all the |
ladies near him.
II HEAR" says Mr. Labouchere. ''that the
Queen has written privately to the Emperor
William strongly urging that an arrangement
should at once be made to afford liberal pro-
provision for the Crown Princess and her
younger children in the event of the deaths of
the Emperor and Grown Prince. if they died
now she would be left in very moderate circum-
stances. The Emperor has vast wealth at his
disposal, of which it is supposed nine-tenths
will pass to his successor on the Prussian
throne, the Grand Duchess of Baden getting
the rest. 1t would ne easy for his Majesty to
make an equitable arrangement in favor of the
wife and family of his eldest son, and he
tainly ought to do so, it would not be right
that they should be left to depend on the liber-
ality of Prince William. The Crown Prince and
the Emperor might die almost simultaneously,
and it would be most imprudent to trust to the
chance of the former surviving the latter for a
sufficient time to enable him to settle his affairs.
The Crown Prince do nothing himself dur
ing the Emperor's life"
BEGINNING his eighty third year, NJ. Ferdinand
de Lesseps can look around, says the London
Daily News, and see but very few of any
thing like equal eminence who old he.
The German Emperor is go; DR.. Dollinger is IS; |
Moltke and Bancroft the historian are each 81 |
Kossuth is 50, and Professor Owen is SO: but it
is not easy to extend the list Yet it is astonish
ing to note the large number of living great |
men who have passed the ordinary limit of |
human life. OF sovereigns, the Pope is a. and
King William of the Netherlands is well in
his list year. OF statesmen. Mr.. Gladstone is |
%. Mr.. BRIGHT is Is. Prince Bismarck is q. NJ. [